I like the first one better. Seems that the second one could have been really cool with the repeating pattern of the flower, but I think DOF is a problem with it.
The first one is pretty cool with the second out of focus flower behind, sort of like a shadow of the first. The lighting is rather flat, as one would expect with a ringlight, but for this image it seems to work pretty well. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 25, 2005, 6:25:39 PM, you wrote: PS> In the spirit of Marxist software, I offer a couple of far left PS> flowers: bleeding hearts <vbg>. Seriously, these just bloomed today PS> (after the weekend's foot of snow melted), so I used them to try out PS> the ring light flash I bought from Christian. I used the ring light PS> with my Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro. I like the device. It might be PS> too harsh for some macro uses, but I think it will serve well for PS> anything that's not highly reflective. I may also try it in the studio PS> as fill in combination with some big lights and reflectors. In any PS> case, here are the pinko flowers shot at approximately 1:2: PS> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3310077 PS> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3310084
